VMware player: could not find component on update server

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Cyrus the Great picture Cyrus the Great · May 21, 2020 · Viewed 9.3k times · Source

I installed MacOS 10.15 "Catalina" on VMWare Workstation Player in Windows 10 as host. Now I want to install VMWare Tools so I clicked Player -> Manage -> Install VMware tools but I got this error:

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I am using this version of player:

VMware® Workstation 15 Player
15.5.2 build-15785246

Answer

Serj Sagan picture Serj Sagan · Sep 21, 2020

You can download the latest version here: https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/latest/windows/x64/

Notice this folder is for Windows x64, browse for your OS, if different.

Download to your VM and install... then close the VM to get everything in sync.

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